贫困

他们为贫困者提供食物和住所。

They provided food and shelter for the poor .

贫困家庭大约花费收入的80%到90%购买食物。

Poor families spend about 80 to 90 per cent of their income on food .

这本书分析了贫困及其原因。

The book is an analysis of poverty and its causes .

这里的人绝大多数生活在极度贫困之中。

The vast majority of the population lives in utter misery .

这些变革很可能使单亲家庭更加贫困。

These changes are likely to impoverish single-parent families even further .

这个慈善机构的宗旨是向贫困者提供帮助。

The charity aims to provide assistance to people in need .

是慈善机构为贫困孩子提供帮助。

It 's a charity that provides help for needy children .

新法规似乎不利于社会中的最贫困者。

The new law appears to penalize the poorest members of society .

在那些生活贫困的人中，老年人占有很大的比例。

Older people comprise a large proportion of those living in poverty .

很多人生活贫困并非他们自己有什么过错。

Many people live in poverty through no fault of their own .

住房条件差与负债以及贫困相关联。

Bad housing is interconnected with debt and poverty .

在贫民窟工作使她直面了解贫困的现实。

Working in the slums brought her up against the realities of poverty .

恶劣的住房条件、负债以及贫困是相互关联的。

Bad housing , debt and poverty are interconnected .

长期失业的人正形成新的贫困阶层。

The long-term unemployed are becoming a new underclass .

他们饱受多年的煎熬与贫困。

They endured years of suffering and privation .

失业是贫困的主要原因。

Unemployment is a major cause of poverty .

我们的目标是接济最贫困的家庭。

We aim to help the poorest families .

三分之一的人口生活在贫困线或以下。

A third of the population is living at or below the poverty line .

看到这种贫困状况令人震惊。

It 's horrifying to see such poverty .

她孩提时的贫困处境与她在好莱坞的生活有着天壤之别。

The poverty of her childhood stands in total contrast to her life in Hollywood .

他在贫困中死去。

He died a poor man .

大街上无家可归者的人数证明政府所声称的没有贫困的说法是谎言。

Government claims that there is no poverty are belied by the number of homeless people on the streets .

他是13名来自贫困家庭的孩子之一。

He was one of thirteen children from a poor family .

第二次世界大战期间，他们忍受了5年的贫困生活。

They endured five years of privation during the second world war

贫困数字毫无疑问让总统非常难堪。

The poverty figures were undoubtedly an embarrassment to the president .

曼彻斯特仍然受到城区脏乱和严重贫困问题的困扰。

Manchester still suffers from urban blight and unacceptable poverty .

13%的人口生活在贫困线以下。

Thirteen per cent of the population live below the poverty line .

西尔伯说税收的回落可能会大大减少为贫困人口提供的基本服务。

Silber says the tax rollback would decimate basic services for the needy

教育主管部门得救助贫困儿童。

The education authorities have to provide for children in need

米歇尔先生说，13%的美国家庭符合贫困家庭的标准。

13 percent of American households qualify as poor , says Mr. Mishel